The majority of Georgians still support the country's accession to the European Union, but increasingly doubt that the government's current course is bringing the country closer to that goal. This is according to the results of an annual public opinion survey conducted as part of the EU NEIGHBOURS EAST program.

According to a report by Hraparak, an unspoken competition for the presidential seat has flared up in Armenia among representatives of the ruling Civil Contract party. The source reports that this standoff is due to reports of incumbent President Vahagn Khachaturyan's significant health problems, which presumably will prevent him from completing his term in office.

Thousands of rescuers and volunteers in Ingushetia and Chechnya are continuing their search for eight-year-old Khizir Derbichev for the fifth day. He was swept away by the Sunzha River.

A Baku appellate court, considering a motion to overturn the arrest of opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov, rejected the defense's request and remanded him in custody. This was reported by his wife, Sevinj Sadigova.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Timur Babgoev to seven years in prison for two counts of leaving his unit without permission under Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code.

The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest in absentia of former Dagestan People's Assembly deputy Akhmedpasha Umakhanov. This decision is necessary for placing him on the international wanted list.

The sons of the Chechen leader, Akhmat, Adam, and Ali Kadyrov, met with Prince Turki bin Mohammed Al Saud in Saudi Arabia. Ramzan Kadyrov announced this on his Telegram channel.

Volunteers from neighboring regions have joined the search for 8-year-old Khizir Derbichev, who was swept away by the Sunzha River several days ago near the village of Yandare in the Nazran District.

Moscow sent a note of protest to Yerevan over the damage to the "Mother Armenia" memorial to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Gyumri. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, who used the incident to launch a new series of accusations against the Armenian authorities.

For 30 years, while Azerbaijani territories were under occupation, fruitless negotiations were repeatedly held, and France, Russia, and the United States, as co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and with a mandate to achieve peace and liberate our territories from occupation, were unable to force Armenia to withdraw from Azerbaijani territory, stated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, speaking at the opening of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group in Baku.